I was at clinicals on the med-surg floor a couple of weeks ago. Clinicals (almost) always start the same way: with our clinicals group stepping out of the elevator and walking up to a clearly-distracted nurse. She, in turn, will shuffle papers and look busy for as long as she can, riding the very last [...]

I was surprised at how not-nervous I was, given that it was the first time I ever stabbed anyone, but it’s easy to maintain your bearing when you’re fixating on technical details. Check your gear, check your target… check, check, triple-check. Be a pro. Orient yourself to your landmarks, slip in with a smooth quick [...]

It has been a week. It has been quite a week, in fact. It has been a week of things tumbling and bumping in the emptiness of my cored-out head, doubts and hopes and regrets and fears and joys and bittersweetnesses all colliding and humming in a brownian dance of tiny massive things that are [...]

As a nursing student, I am constantly struggling with infection – ways to avoid it, ways to prevent it, ways to combat it. I recently found a link to a very helpful educational video about infectious agents. It may seem a bit simplistic at first, but the information is phenomenal. The presentation is a touch [...]

Oh, hell, do I have a lot to learn.